Faolán 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
@captainhookni.bsky.social
Local South Belfast Green
Socialist & Human Rights Lover
Artist
Trans & Disabled Activist
EDS haver & Autistic
Free Palestine
Enjoyer of Warhammer, Star Wars and many other niche interests.
He/They
Socialist & Human Rights Lover
Artist
Trans & Disabled Activist
EDS haver & Autistic
Free Palestine
Enjoyer of Warhammer, Star Wars and many other niche interests.
He/They
Bonus: I now have a bundle of living stones, which lives on a shelf alongside the Butterwort under a much closer grow light to fill their brighter light quota.
They look a bit weird but that's why I love 'em!
They look a bit weird but that's why I love 'em!
January 31, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Bonus: I now have a bundle of living stones, which lives on a shelf alongside the Butterwort under a much closer grow light to fill their brighter light quota.
They look a bit weird but that's why I love 'em!
They look a bit weird but that's why I love 'em!
Major set up adjustments! I've moved a few plants on to other people, due to the climate within the flat but I've jerry rigged a rail for the lights and implemented some Spanish moss for higher humidity locally (now at 60%).
The lights + window will give them a huge boost during the warmer months
The lights + window will give them a huge boost during the warmer months
January 31, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Major set up adjustments! I've moved a few plants on to other people, due to the climate within the flat but I've jerry rigged a rail for the lights and implemented some Spanish moss for higher humidity locally (now at 60%).
The lights + window will give them a huge boost during the warmer months
The lights + window will give them a huge boost during the warmer months
State sanctioned murder should never be the norm, and ICE funding expires on Jan 30th.
Encouraging folks who live in the USA to take action and contact their elected reps to voice their concerns about supercharging ICE funds.
Encouraging folks who live in the USA to take action and contact their elected reps to voice their concerns about supercharging ICE funds.
January 26, 2026 at 11:53 AM
State sanctioned murder should never be the norm, and ICE funding expires on Jan 30th.
Encouraging folks who live in the USA to take action and contact their elected reps to voice their concerns about supercharging ICE funds.
Encouraging folks who live in the USA to take action and contact their elected reps to voice their concerns about supercharging ICE funds.
Of course I'm posting more pigeons! Wood pigeons, Love these little guys - their calls are so calming.
January 22, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Of course I'm posting more pigeons! Wood pigeons, Love these little guys - their calls are so calming.
More on winter birds, there's an amazing great tit population in botanic at the moment; so small and cute.
And of course, a robin which are very fiercely territorial and a pigeon; one of my favourite birds.
And of course, a robin which are very fiercely territorial and a pigeon; one of my favourite birds.
January 22, 2026 at 12:42 PM
More on winter birds, there's an amazing great tit population in botanic at the moment; so small and cute.
And of course, a robin which are very fiercely territorial and a pigeon; one of my favourite birds.
And of course, a robin which are very fiercely territorial and a pigeon; one of my favourite birds.
The ballsiest beasties in botanic, I swear they've gotten more bold a pair of them followed me for a bit!
You can see some of them have a slightly red colouration, which happens due to the interbreeding of red and grey squirrels (grey are considered invasive).
You can see some of them have a slightly red colouration, which happens due to the interbreeding of red and grey squirrels (grey are considered invasive).
January 22, 2026 at 12:32 PM
The ballsiest beasties in botanic, I swear they've gotten more bold a pair of them followed me for a bit!
You can see some of them have a slightly red colouration, which happens due to the interbreeding of red and grey squirrels (grey are considered invasive).
You can see some of them have a slightly red colouration, which happens due to the interbreeding of red and grey squirrels (grey are considered invasive).
Me when the NISRA surveyor asks about environmental issues.
January 14, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Me when the NISRA surveyor asks about environmental issues.
If you're spending Christmas alone today and identify as LGBTQIA+, Causeway pride is hosting an online gathering.
No one should have to spend today without people who see them for the wonderful human beings they are.
No one should have to spend today without people who see them for the wonderful human beings they are.
December 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
If you're spending Christmas alone today and identify as LGBTQIA+, Causeway pride is hosting an online gathering.
No one should have to spend today without people who see them for the wonderful human beings they are.
No one should have to spend today without people who see them for the wonderful human beings they are.
Get a load of this little guy! Cute but full of territorial rage.
Beautiful colouration on this lil' one, spotted up at botanic station earlier on.
Beautiful colouration on this lil' one, spotted up at botanic station earlier on.
December 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Get a load of this little guy! Cute but full of territorial rage.
Beautiful colouration on this lil' one, spotted up at botanic station earlier on.
Beautiful colouration on this lil' one, spotted up at botanic station earlier on.
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance.
It is a solemn day where we remember those we have lost this year and years past.
An ever present reminder of the world we live in being unkind and inhospitable to trans people for a multitude of reasons.
It is a solemn day where we remember those we have lost this year and years past.
An ever present reminder of the world we live in being unkind and inhospitable to trans people for a multitude of reasons.
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance.
It is a solemn day where we remember those we have lost this year and years past.
An ever present reminder of the world we live in being unkind and inhospitable to trans people for a multitude of reasons.
It is a solemn day where we remember those we have lost this year and years past.
An ever present reminder of the world we live in being unkind and inhospitable to trans people for a multitude of reasons.
Prokinetics are often used as a first-line treatment to help manage symptoms, but other people with gastroparesis who have more severe symptoms sometimes need surgical and more invasive interventions to stop malnutrition and weight loss from worsening.
Functional gut disorders are common in EDS!
Functional gut disorders are common in EDS!
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Prokinetics are often used as a first-line treatment to help manage symptoms, but other people with gastroparesis who have more severe symptoms sometimes need surgical and more invasive interventions to stop malnutrition and weight loss from worsening.
Functional gut disorders are common in EDS!
Functional gut disorders are common in EDS!
Gastroparesis is tough to live with, and it's a condition I have personal experience with.
Gastroparesis is a frequently observed gut issue in people with EDS/HSD, and can show up alongside different forms of dysmotility encompassed under 'Pan-enteric Dysmotility'.
Gastroparesis is a frequently observed gut issue in people with EDS/HSD, and can show up alongside different forms of dysmotility encompassed under 'Pan-enteric Dysmotility'.
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Gastroparesis is tough to live with, and it's a condition I have personal experience with.
Gastroparesis is a frequently observed gut issue in people with EDS/HSD, and can show up alongside different forms of dysmotility encompassed under 'Pan-enteric Dysmotility'.
Gastroparesis is a frequently observed gut issue in people with EDS/HSD, and can show up alongside different forms of dysmotility encompassed under 'Pan-enteric Dysmotility'.
Say hello to the newest member of the indoor rainforest!
I think I've started getting a bit of a hankering for carnivorous and fragile plants.
This pitcher definitely ticks both those boxes!
They have been banished to quarantine until I deem them safe enough to introduce to the rest.
I think I've started getting a bit of a hankering for carnivorous and fragile plants.
This pitcher definitely ticks both those boxes!
They have been banished to quarantine until I deem them safe enough to introduce to the rest.
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Say hello to the newest member of the indoor rainforest!
I think I've started getting a bit of a hankering for carnivorous and fragile plants.
This pitcher definitely ticks both those boxes!
They have been banished to quarantine until I deem them safe enough to introduce to the rest.
I think I've started getting a bit of a hankering for carnivorous and fragile plants.
This pitcher definitely ticks both those boxes!
They have been banished to quarantine until I deem them safe enough to introduce to the rest.
I was out most of yesterday with EDS support UK's NI branch as a member helping to raise awareness for Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.
Got talking to some wonderful people who wanted to learn more for their own benefit or their loved ones.
EDS is still a mystery to most, these stalls make a difference!
Got talking to some wonderful people who wanted to learn more for their own benefit or their loved ones.
EDS is still a mystery to most, these stalls make a difference!
October 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I was out most of yesterday with EDS support UK's NI branch as a member helping to raise awareness for Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.
Got talking to some wonderful people who wanted to learn more for their own benefit or their loved ones.
EDS is still a mystery to most, these stalls make a difference!
Got talking to some wonderful people who wanted to learn more for their own benefit or their loved ones.
EDS is still a mystery to most, these stalls make a difference!
An Autistic Individual has been removed from his 'volunteering' role at Waitrose in Manchester after giving more than 600 hours of unpaid time over the course of four years.
All because his family and support workers RIGHTFULLY advocated for him to be paid for his time.
🧵
All because his family and support workers RIGHTFULLY advocated for him to be paid for his time.
🧵
October 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
An Autistic Individual has been removed from his 'volunteering' role at Waitrose in Manchester after giving more than 600 hours of unpaid time over the course of four years.
All because his family and support workers RIGHTFULLY advocated for him to be paid for his time.
🧵
All because his family and support workers RIGHTFULLY advocated for him to be paid for his time.
🧵
I was gonna wait to set up the full spectrum lights until I got a hold of the standing rail for optimal easy adjusting, but the recent anticyclonic gloom called for desperate measures!
They're particularly fussy when there's not enough light, just like me, but this'll do the job for now hopefully.
They're particularly fussy when there's not enough light, just like me, but this'll do the job for now hopefully.
October 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I was gonna wait to set up the full spectrum lights until I got a hold of the standing rail for optimal easy adjusting, but the recent anticyclonic gloom called for desperate measures!
They're particularly fussy when there's not enough light, just like me, but this'll do the job for now hopefully.
They're particularly fussy when there's not enough light, just like me, but this'll do the job for now hopefully.
Smart Crutches! The best crutch alternative I've come across for EDS in years. I finally got one gifted to me for my birthday and it arrived today.
If you have the strength to use one and the means to get one; do it to save your joints from dislocating and fend off the arthritis for a lil longer!
If you have the strength to use one and the means to get one; do it to save your joints from dislocating and fend off the arthritis for a lil longer!
July 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Smart Crutches! The best crutch alternative I've come across for EDS in years. I finally got one gifted to me for my birthday and it arrived today.
If you have the strength to use one and the means to get one; do it to save your joints from dislocating and fend off the arthritis for a lil longer!
If you have the strength to use one and the means to get one; do it to save your joints from dislocating and fend off the arthritis for a lil longer!
Waiting for another update on Translink's feasibility study for possibility reopening the international airport line like
July 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Waiting for another update on Translink's feasibility study for possibility reopening the international airport line like
A bit of an out of the blue experience for me today, I was on the way to an appointment this morning and spotted a grounded young seagull by city hall; still there and more exhausted on my way home.
Someone has been out to it and moved it to the memorial gardens to let it learn how to fly safely
Someone has been out to it and moved it to the memorial gardens to let it learn how to fly safely
July 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A bit of an out of the blue experience for me today, I was on the way to an appointment this morning and spotted a grounded young seagull by city hall; still there and more exhausted on my way home.
Someone has been out to it and moved it to the memorial gardens to let it learn how to fly safely
Someone has been out to it and moved it to the memorial gardens to let it learn how to fly safely
Powerful crowd of happy customers from earlier.
July 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Powerful crowd of happy customers from earlier.
After watching the Black Guillemots I took a wee dander down to ormeau park to feed the local corvids their treat of sunflower hearts as always.
July 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
After watching the Black Guillemots I took a wee dander down to ormeau park to feed the local corvids their treat of sunflower hearts as always.
I've counted about six black gulliemots already, some of them look smaller than the others; I think these are chicks learning to be seabirds!
They can be relatively uncommon, I feel so blessed today.
Uppa urban and maritime wildlife!
They can be relatively uncommon, I feel so blessed today.
Uppa urban and maritime wildlife!
July 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I've counted about six black gulliemots already, some of them look smaller than the others; I think these are chicks learning to be seabirds!
They can be relatively uncommon, I feel so blessed today.
Uppa urban and maritime wildlife!
They can be relatively uncommon, I feel so blessed today.
Uppa urban and maritime wildlife!
Breaking news, there's THREE!!
July 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Breaking news, there's THREE!!
As part of Belfast Pride 2025, a friend of mine in the community is running an event for the Trans+ community.
It can be tough navigating so many systems as a trans+ person, come along if you feel you could benefit from practical support from folks who understand.
www.instagram.com/p/DLmkT48IQA...
It can be tough navigating so many systems as a trans+ person, come along if you feel you could benefit from practical support from folks who understand.
www.instagram.com/p/DLmkT48IQA...
July 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
As part of Belfast Pride 2025, a friend of mine in the community is running an event for the Trans+ community.
It can be tough navigating so many systems as a trans+ person, come along if you feel you could benefit from practical support from folks who understand.
www.instagram.com/p/DLmkT48IQA...
It can be tough navigating so many systems as a trans+ person, come along if you feel you could benefit from practical support from folks who understand.
www.instagram.com/p/DLmkT48IQA...
See all you lovely folks heading to MEA Pride soon!
Hate and Bigotry will never win ✊
Hate and Bigotry will never win ✊
June 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
See all you lovely folks heading to MEA Pride soon!
Hate and Bigotry will never win ✊
Hate and Bigotry will never win ✊